bafflegab

American  

[baf-uhl-gab] / ˈbæf əlˌgæb /

noun

Slang.

1. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook.

   an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person.

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Other Word Forms

• bafflegabber noun

Etymology

Origin of bafflegab

First recorded in 1950–55; baffle + gab ¹

Example Sentences

At present, these online documents are written in a form of bafflegab impenetrable to anyone lacking a degree in law or information science, or both.

From Washington Post

But in the end he is critical of Chopra’s lack of rigor, dismissing his writing and thinking as “gobbledygook” and “pseudo-profound bafflegab.”

From Washington Post

I applaud any effort to end financial bafflegab, as the late Sylvia Porter used to call it.

From Time